It was a day filled with emotion – for buyers, sellers and the agents.
Warren Evans and Roger Omdahl of Laguna Real Estate had five registered bidders on Saturday for the auction of the one-bedroom, one-bathroom riverfront house at 45 Noosa River Dve, Noosa North Shore.
It had been home to Eddie Vaughan for more than 20 years, a retired engineer who spent many hours clearing rubbish from the banks of the Noosa River.
This included a huge collection of fishing lures that had been lost, tangled or discarded by anglers.
The house, on 966sq m with jetty, slipway and long river views, saw auctioneer Justin Voss call for bidding at 11am Saturday.
The auction was held in front of Laguna’s Tewantin office.
Warren rang the bell in the traditional way to start proceedings.
“There were people in the street,’’ Warren said. “Eddie’s family was in attendance.
“There were people everywhere and away it went. Justin did a fabulous job.
“A local bidder registered on the Friday and got bidding away.
“Justin then took it to $2m on behalf of the vendors.
“There were three active bidders and he sought further instructions at $2.220m.’’
Bidders were from the Darling Downs, Brisbane and local, and activity quickly heated up.
“Five-60 over two,’’ the auctioneer called, “yabba dabba do.’’
Yet there was more to come – 2.6, 2.610 then finally the knock-out of $2.650m.
It was the locals who won out on the day and there were tears of joy as well as emotion from buyers, sellers and just maybe the agents because Eddie was so well known in the community.
It was a great finish to an exciting year for Warren who also sold the River House by auction, which was virtually next door.
And his golden rule? “Treat others as you want to be treated.’’
For a comprehensive look at the Noosa property market, pick up Noosa Today this Friday.
